Ag Technology
Ag technology attracts international soy buyers
Understanding ag technology’s significance in the sustainability of U.S. Soy may lead international customers to continue buying our products. On my southern Illinois farm, we use technology such as yield mapping, GPS, autosteer, variable rate...
Penn St. researchers using artificial intelligence to better predict weather
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — When forecasting weather, meteorologists use a number of models and data sources to track shapes and movements of clouds that could indicate severe storms. However, with increasingly expanding weather data sets and looming...
Cover crops, compost, carbon beneficial to farms
SALINAS, Calif. — Soil organic matter has long been known to benefit farmers. The carbon in this organic matter acts as a food source for soil microbes, which then provide other nutrients to the crops grown. Microbes, insects and small soil critters...
Plants’ biological clocks set time for crop spraying
SALINAS, Calif. — Plants can tell the time, and this affects their responses to certain herbicides used in agriculture according to new research. The University of Bristol study found that plant circadian rhythms regulate the sensitivity of plants to...
Gene-editing technology keeping eye on future
RICHMOND, Va. — The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has the potential to accelerate development of higher producing crops with less inputs. It is also projected to revolutionize the health care and other industries. At the recent...
Engineers and plant scientists team up to optimize corn growth
NEWARK, Del. — Each new technological advancement in agriculture, from tractors to tillage techniques, has allowed farmers to plant and harvest more food in less time. Today’s era of agricultural innovation is precision agriculture —...
Vertical farming offers new direction for entrepreneurs
BALTIMORE — As a child, Larry Hountz was a globetrotting Army brat. He was a chef in Prague. An interest in computer hacking blossomed into a two-decade career in government computer security. Now, at 60 years old, Larry Hountz is a farmer — of sorts. He...
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